Blackton, Inc. to Provide Flooring Products Worth nearly$3 million for Victoria Oaks Community in DeLand

Orlando / DeLand, Fla. --- Blackton Inc., the Orlando firm that ranks as one of Central Florida’s largest distributors of materials to homebuilders has been selected as the supplier of  flooring at Victoria Oaks, a D.R Horton community in DeLand.

Michael “Micky” Blackton, chief executive officer, said his firm will provide an estimated $3 million worth of flooring materials in the construction of some 590 single-family homes at Victoria Oaks, D.R. Horton’s newest community in DeLand located on East Taylor Rd. just east of U.S. Highway 17-92.    

Blackton, Inc., a family owned business headquartered on Alden St. near Ivanhoe Row north of downtown Orlando, has been supplying the home building industry from Jacksonville to Tampa for 65 years.

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Hold-Thyssen Closes Acquisition of Off-Market Property In Lutz for Mydental of Greater Tampa Bay

CLEARWATER / LUTZ, Fla. --- Hold-Thyssen, Inc., a full service commercial real estate firm, recently negotiated the $500,000 purchase of a medical/professional office building in the Van Dyke Commons Professional Park at 17521 N. Dale Mabry in Lutz.     

Theresa Margaris, transaction specialist at Hold-Thyssen, brokered the sale representing the buyer, Mydental of Greater Tampa Bay, P.A. and Apodaca Property Management Corp., seller of the 3,000 square foot dental office building in the professional park built in 2007. 

“I previously showed the buyer property but we couldn’t find the right size and location,” Margaris said, adding "Cold calling efforts revealed a willing seller, I brought the two parties together and it was a perfect fit.”

Hold-Thyssen, Inc. provides commercial property brokerage and leasing and management services to institutional and private investor clients nationwide.  The 40-year old firm’s current portfolio includes more that 100 commercial properties throughout the United States.

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NAI Realvest Completes New Leases at Beulah Commerce Center – Top U.S. Commercial Construction Co. and High-End Motor Coach Manufacturer Expand Operations

WINTER GARDEN, Fla.  – Orlando-based NAI Realvest has completed three multi-year lease agreements at Beulah Commerce Center with retail, flex and industrial space at the northeast corner of Beulah and Stagg roads in Winter Garden.

 Greensboro, N.C.-based Prevost Car (US) Inc., who recently opened a Florida service center in Building 3 with 41,600 square feet at 1300 Green Forest Court, leased another two units with a total of 5,400 square feet in Building 2 at 1301 Gillard Ave. to operate their used bus division.  Prevost is the leading North American manufacturer of passenger coaches and conversion coaches for high-end motor homes. 

Clancy & Theys Construction Company based in Raleigh, N.C. leased adjacent units in Building 2 -- 1301 Gillard Ave. and 1401 Beulah Rd. -- totaling 12,820 square feet. The tenant who was represented by Craig Castor of Cresa Orlando, is a leading U.S. commercial construction firm based in Raleigh, N.C. specializing in public and private building projects such as schools and restoration of historic buildings.

Amdrill, Inc, a local geotechnical and environmental drilling and sinkhole repair service leased 2,000 square feet in Suite 108 Building 2 at 1401 Beulah Rd. 

NAI Realvest Principal Michael Heidrich, and Principals Kevin O’Connor and Matt Cichocki negotiated the three transactions representing Landlord Beulah Commerce Center LLC. 

Heidrich said Beulah Commerce Center with a total of 96,140 square feet in three buildings across a 12.4-acre campus, is currently 90 percent leased.  Space rates range from $8.50/sf NNN to $13.50/sf NNN.  

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 About NAI Realvest  

NAI Realvest in Orlando, covering all of Central Florida, is a fully integrated commercial real estate operating company specializing in brokerage, development, investment, leasing and management, consulting and research services in the U.S. and worldwide. NAI Global is an international commercial real estate network with over 400 offices spanning the globe.  Since 1978, clients have built businesses on the power of NAI Global’s expanding network. Extensive services include multi-site acquisitions and dispositions, sublease, tenant representation, lease administration and audit, investment services, due diligence and related consulting and advisory services. To learn more, visit www.NAIRealvest.com.  

NAI Realvest Represents Tampa Engineering Firm in New Lease at 250 S. Orange Ave. in Downtown Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. -- NAI Realvest Principal Tom R. Kelley II, CCIM, negotiated a new long-term lease of 2,443 square feet in Suite 120P at 250 South Orange Ave. in downtown Orlando. 

Kelley represented the tenant Tampa-based ICON Consultant Group, Inc. which provides a wide range of planning, engineering and environmental services with major focus on highway projects throughout the state.  

The landlord Piedmont 200 & 250 South Orange Avenue, LLC was represented by John Gilbert of Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.  

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About NAI Realvest

NAI Realvest, serving all of Central Florida, is a fully integrated commercial real estate operating company specializing in brokerage, development, investment, leasing and management, consulting and research services in the U.S. and worldwide. NAI Global is an international commercial real estate network with over 400 offices spanning the globe.  Since 1978, clients have built businesses on the power of NAI Global’s expanding network.  Extensive services include multi-site acquisitions and dispositions, sublease, tenant representation, lease administration and audit, investment services, due diligence and related consulting and advisory services. To learn more, visit www.NAIRealvest.com.

M/I Homes Closed on 71 Acres in Horizon West to Develop Phase I of Encore at Ovation

139 Single Family Homes to Include New Product Line

ORLANDO, Fla., -- M/I Homes closed on 71 acres in early in January to develop 139 single-family home sites in Phase I of Encore at Ovation.  Site development will begin Feb.1 at the new neighborhood located near the intersection of Avalon Road (545) and Western Way / Flemming Road in Horizon West. 

David Byrnes, area president in the Orlando region, said 92 of the home sites will offer 50-foot widths for one and two-story homes ranging from 1,900 to 3,700 square feet of living area. 

The other 47 lots with 32-foot widths will offer the homebuilder’s new two-story, single family detached homes ranging from 1,800 to 2,800 square feet of living area.  

Byrnes said design of four new floor plans for the new product line is currently underway.  “The new line is innovative and we’re very excited about the diversity and potential of Encore at Ovation,” he said. 

Sales will begin by September at prices estimated to range from $290,000 to $450,000 including a 15-year structural warranty.

Development of all 139 homesites is expected to be complete by Q4, Byrnes added.

Located just north of Walt Disney World, Horizon West is one of the three fastest growing planned unit developments in the country featuring town centers surrounded by greenbelt and residential villages.  

Columbus, Ohio based-M/I Homes is currently building throughout 16 markets in the U.S. and has 16 active communities in Central Florida.

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About M/I Homes

M/I Homes, Inc. is one of the nation’s leading builders of single-family homes, having sold over 110,000 homes.  The Company’s homes are marketed and sold primarily under the trade names M/I Homes and Showcase Collection (exclusively by M/I Homes), and also currently are sold under the name Hans Hagen Homes in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota market and Pinnacle Homes in the Detroit, Michigan market.  The Company has homebuilding operations in Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Chicago, Illinois; Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota; Detroit, Michigan; Tampa, Sarasota and Orlando, Florida; Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio, Texas; Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; and the Virginia and Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.